SAHMAT
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9.8.2007
Press Statement to Condemn Attack on Tasleema Nasreen
SAHMAT strongly condemns the violent attack on Bangladeshi Novelist Tasleema Nasreen in Hyderabad on August 8, 2007 at a function to release the Telugu translation of the novelist’s latest novel Shodh.
It is reported that around 20 MIM workers led by MLAs Afsar Khan, Ahmad Pasha and Mozum Khan stormed the Press Club premises and raised slogans against the author. They attacked her with bouquets, flower pots and virtually anything they could lay their hands on at the concluding session of the book release.
Tasleema Nasreen has been a target of attack from fundamentalist forces both in India and Bangladesh and SAHMAT has always defended her freedom of expression.
We appeal to the democratic minded people in India to join in the condemnation of such attacks and isolate those who preach intolerance and violence.
Ram Rahman
M.K.Raina
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